About Us

African Children's Fund is a UK based charity that has a renewed commitment to Africa's children.

Its mission is to give every child in Africa the opportunity to learn and receive an education, receive equality and justice and live without fear, live in a society at peace, be given a voice, be heard and listened to, have their opinions respected and their their concerns addressed.

In each country we are approaching four main issues in a manner that responds to local needs and advice from our partners on the ground. Find out more about what we do >

Africa's children need education if Africa (and our world, and our children) are to prosper. The African children's fund aims to enable children to get the education they need, by developing plans to overcome the obstacles that stand in their way.

Hunger and poverty make it hard - often impossible - for a child to go to school. Girls also lose out due to simple but huge problems like the lack of sanitary towels.

These children hunger for education. We help them overcome all the barriers to satisfying that hunger - lifting themselves and their communities out of poverty. The problems can be quite awful. The solutions are not rocket science. With your help and the children's courage, it can all be done.



Peter Tyrer

It is with deep regret that the Trustees of African Children’s Fund (ACF) announce the death of our CEO and founder, Peter Tyrer. Peter was tragically killed in a car crash in Nairobi on the 18th of November 2011, whilst working on some of our projects there.

Peter inspired all those around him with his own life-long enthusiasm and commitment to improving the lives of Africa's children, and will be sorely missed by all of us who worked with him.

We know that he would have wanted the projects which he started to carry on once he had gone, and we are committed to ensuring that this happens. ACF's many and varied initiatives to support Africa's children will continue in his memory.

Our thoughts and sympathies are with his family at this difficult time.